Testing a Device for Automatically TRacking Urine and STool in an Inpatient HCT Setting (Project TRUST)

Description

The purpose of this study is to determine whether a prototype toilet device that we have developed can accurately and automatically track human fluid output from renal and gastrointestinal systems in the hospital. The device includes components that can be outfitted onto existing toilets. In this study, participants hospital room will be outfitted with the prototype toilet device. Participants will use the toilet as usual throughout the duration of their inpatient stay. Sometimes output will be measured by the device, and other times output will be measured manually by nurses.

Conditions

Fluid Output

Study Overview

Study Details

Study overview

The purpose of this study is to determine whether a prototype toilet device that we have developed can accurately and automatically track human fluid output from renal and gastrointestinal systems in the hospital. The device includes components that can be outfitted onto existing toilets. In this study, participants hospital room will be outfitted with the prototype toilet device. Participants will use the toilet as usual throughout the duration of their inpatient stay. Sometimes output will be measured by the device, and other times output will be measured manually by nurses.

Testing a Device for Automatically TRacking Urine and STool in an Inpatient HCT Setting (Project TRUST)

Testing a Device for Automatically TRacking Urine and STool in an Inpatient HCT Setting (Project TRUST)

Condition
Fluid Output
Intervention / Treatment

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Contacts and Locations

Durham

Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States, 27705

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

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Eligibility Criteria

  • * Scheduled to undergo an allogeneic or autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplant for any cancer or non-cancer illness through the Duke ABMT clinic
  • * Age 18-80 years
  • * Karnofsky Performance Scale KPS ≥ 70
  • * Able to read/write English
  • * Inability to use toilet device due to physical constraints, e.g. waste excreted through stoma or catheter
  • * Physician recommendation that patient does not use standard urine/stool collection hat during days 1-2 of HCT conditioning

Ages Eligible for Study

18 Years to 80 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Collaborators and Investigators

Duke University,

Chenyu Lin, MD, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, Duke University

Study Record Dates

2025-02